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posted October 16th, 2009 at 11:41 am

Here’s a gem from the archives… Midnight Flyer on our forum found this video that was played at intermission during the 1991 Outpost Tour:

YouTube Description: “Jimmy Buffett Vs. the evil of D.R.A.L.S. (Disco, Rap And Lip Synch.) This video was played during intermission on the 1991 Outpost Tour, featuring a very special guest whom Jimmy inspired to get an earring.”

On January 19, 1982, “Somewhere Over China,” Jimmy’s new release, hit your favorite record store. The album represented a critical point in Jimmy’s career-”Margaritaville” was 5 years ago, and MCA was looking for the next hit single. Sure, Jimmy had been able to score minor hits in-between, but the window for Jimmy being a superstar was getting smaller with each album it seemed. It wasn’t all Jimmy’s fault-as he once put it, “Music changed on us almost overnight, and the singer/songwriter breed who populated the music scene of the seventies seemed to be headed for the proverbial “elephant burial ground.” While chart success hadn’t been there, touring had alaways been a strong point for Jimmy, and that was something that hadn’t changed. Jimmy’s cult following continued to flock to shows and Jimmy continued to please them by playing over 300 shows a year. But this constant cyle of no hit records and lots of touring had begun to wear on the band, and it showed in Jimmy’s writing on the album.